Resources

Family Advisory Boards

Diabetes Family Advisory Board

The Diabetes Family Advisory Board at Connecticut Children’s includes families of children diagnosed with diabetes and offer insight into diagnosis, diabetes management and our transition program. It is also a forum to provide feedback on Connecticut Children’s diabetes and endocrinology programs. For more information, contact Karen Bucci.

Weight Management Family Advisory Board

Connecticut Children’s Weight Management Family Advisory Board is made up of families who participated in one of our weight management programs. They provide program insight to other patients and families, and offer feedback so that Connecticut Children’s may continually improve its programs. For more information, contact Melissa Santos, PhD.

Children with Diabetes

Pediatric Endocrine Society

The Pediatric Endocrine Society is dedicated to research and treatment of children with endocrine disorders; reproductive, bone, thyroid, diabetes, obesity, growth, pituitary and adrenal.The society has developed a series of patient education fact sheets covering topics such as growth, thyroid, puberty, diabetes, adrenal, PCOS, and vitamin D.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Turner Syndrome Foundation

The goal of the Turner Syndrome Foundation is to support research initiatives and facilitate education programs that increase professional awareness and enhance medical care of those affected by Turner syndrome.

KidsHealth Articles

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Connecticut Children's Medical Center is a nationally recognized, 187-bed not-for-profit children's hospital serving as the primary teaching hospital for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Connecticut Children's is the only free-standing children's hospital in Connecticut.